How do I get a directory name? 1

[greinem]

Hi all,

I am using GetFileOpenName to get a file name returned back to my datawindow object. I would like to just get the directory path instead of additional selecting a file too.

For example:
My app calls GetFileOpenName and I get a file in g:\userhomedir\excel\example.xls THIS WORKS GREAT!

I want to just get the directory name (not the file included) using the similar technique like GetFileOpenName. Does anyone know of a function to help me? Thanks in advance.

p.s. PB 6.5 using WinXP thx - Mike

 

[blktoptrvl]

Get the directory name and then strip off the last part of the string after the last slash "\."

Just use the POS LEFT and LEN functions to calculate the location of the last slash...


li_rtn = GetFileSaveName("Database Location",
ls_docname, ls_loc, "mdb",
"Access Database Files (*.mdb),*.mdb")

ls_browse_dir = LEFT(ls_docname,
POS(ls_docname, ls_loc, 1) - 2)